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5 Dec, 5 tweets, 5 min read
Jordan's @RoyaTV deal with a German media giant has hit a wall over "concerns about anti-Israeli and antisemitic content... not consistent with the values of DW" [timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…] Good for @DeutscheWelle: the dark side of Jordan's media gets a free pass too often.
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 In 2018, a popular @RoyaTV show showcased #AhlamTamimi, Jordan's celebrated jihadist and an @FBIMostWanted fugitive from US justice. In our blog, we highlighted what the confessed bomber's savagery did to the mood of the show's presenter: thisongoingwar.blogspot.com/2018/11/24-nov…
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 The Roya Media Group's CEO in a media release today: "No one should expect us not to cover Israeli hostile actions that affect innocent civilians in fear of accusations of antisemitism."
en.royanews.tv/news/33079/202…
Fighting words. Now let's talk about #AhlamTamimi...
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 A question to Mr Fares Sayegh:

When @RoyaTV paid lavish tribute to #AhlamTamimi, the confessed bomber of Jewish children who lives free in Jordan today despite being an @FBIMostWanted terrorist, was that done to "cover Israeli hostile actions"?thisongoingwar.blogspot.com/2018/11/24-nov…
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 Question to the CEO of the company that produced the tribute to the #Tamimis:
The presenter told #AhlamTamimi "This is admirable! You, the people of the struggle, elevate the name of Jordan!". Is this what you term "criticism of illegal, inhumane or racist actions by Israel"?

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Pause and think for a moment of the monstrosity of a woman, having just bombed a pizzeria filled with kids, rushing from the scene of the atrocity to the TV studio where she worked and blandly reporting it as the story of the day.
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 @AhlamTamimi's incredible fame and obscene stature in today's Jordan was underscored by how Jordan's king escaped all probing questions in his Washington stay during July. No one pressed him - certainly not the many lawmakers who honored him in Congress.
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1 Aug
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Every day since March 2017 we have hoped to hear senior officials of the US @StateDept publicly call out Jordan and its leadership for failing to extradite the #SbarroBomber to Washington as the 1995 Jordan/US treaty requires. Instead through the years we get this sad mantra:
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Jordan's @KingAbdullahII met with @POTUS on Monday, with @SecBlinken on Tuesday. Their spokespeople @JRPsaki and @NedPrice were asked by @AssociatedPress reporters whether the #TamimiExtradition issue was mentioned. Neither one was able to answer this most basic of questions...
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“Instead of engaging with us, the @StateDept issue statements where they say "in response to the #Tamimi extradition, the US is determined to see her brought to justice and we will not rest”" @arnoldroth told @DailyCaller. “It’s clearly untrue.” dailycaller.com/2021/07/20/bid…
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Other than when Jordan militarily occupied it (1948-67), the Temple Mount has always attracted pilgrims, Jewish tourists, Israelis of all kinds to Judaism's most sacred place. So here's Jordan gov't TV now aping #PalArab hate language absurdly calling them "storming settlers".
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Sickening speeches from Jordanian lawmakers. Both a US ally and one of the most antisemitic states anywhere, Jordan gets massive US foreign aid (3rd largest recipient) even as it breaches the US/Jordan 1995 extradition treaty to keep the #SbarroBomber safe from US justice
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